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Additional case of COVID-19 confirmed at River Heights Elementary
MEDICINE HAT, AB- The Medicine Hat Public School Division is confirming a third active case of COVID-19 connected to River Heights Elementary. In a letter to parents, the school division said Alberta ...
May 02, 2021

Province reports 1,731 new cases Sunday
EDMONTON, AB- There are 1,731 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed across the province Sunday. Of the total number of new cases 1,132 have been identified as variants of concern. Albert's total active case...
May 02, 2021

Tories take aim at PM's top aide over Vance allegations as Sajjan dodges questions
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are taking aim at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top aide as they press the government over its handling of a sexual-misconduct complaint against general Jonathan V...
May 02, 2021

2 killed, 23 hurt when boat capsizes off San Diego coast
SAN DIEGO - Two people were killed and nearly two dozen others were hospitalized after a wooden boat capsized Sunday during a possible human smuggling operation just off the San Diego coast, authoriti...
May 02, 2021

Alberta suspends legislature amid soaring COVID-19 cases, Quebec eases restrictions
EDMONTON - The current legislative session in one of Canada's most active COVID-19 hot spots is being temporarily suspended, while the province formerly hit hardest by the pandemic prepared to ease so...
May 02, 2021

House runoff in Texas set between GOP's Wright, Ellzey
ARLINGTON, Texas - A runoff for a U.S. House seat in Texas is set between Republican Susan Wright, whose husband was the first member of Congress to die after being diagnosed with COVID-19, and Republ...
May 02, 2021

Alberta suspends legislature amid soaring COVID-19 cases, Quebec eases restrictions
EDMONTON - The current legislative session in one of Canada's most active COVID-19 hot spots is being temporarily suspended, while the province formerly hit hardest by the pandemic prepared to ease so...
May 02, 2021

Alberta suspends legislature for two weeks as COVID-19 cases soar to record levels
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's government is suspending the spring sitting of the legislature due to soaring, record-breaking caseloads of COVID-19. Government House Leader Jason Nixon says...
May 02, 2021

NOLA Gold scores 22 unanswered points for comeback win over the Toronto Arrows
METAIRIE, La. - Argentine winger Julian Dominguez scored two tries as NOLA Gold rallied with 22 straight points in the second half for a 22-14 comeback win over the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugb...
May 02, 2021

Time is now for military to finally make real progress on sex misconduct, Arbour says
OTTAWA - Louise Arbour says she believes that after years of failed efforts and misfires, the time is finally ripe for real progress in the Canadian military's fight against sexual misconduct. And the...
May 02, 2021